Americans Spend More On Hairdressers in One Day Than Some Countries Make In A Year
We're just gonna leave a few facts here...
Americans spend more than $63 million a day on hairdressers.
The annual GDP of the island nation of Tuvalu is $38 million.
What does this say about VALUE(S)?
Sources:
Hilsenrath, Jon. "Americans Spend 16 Times as Much on Beer as on 2014 Midterms." Washington Street Journal. 4 November 2014.
Interactive Data. Bureau of Economic Analysis: U.S. Department of Commerce. http://www.bea.gov/iTable/db_message.cfm
“Tuvalu." UNData: A World of Information. United Nations.
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When we decide what is of true importance and live it, our experience of life will change. Always great to keep things in perspective.
It's all about perspective! We present these facts for awareness; we're all about questioning everything and choosing our actions based on what's in the best interest of ALL.
Yeah even the $5 steem power when you sign up is a weeks pay in some countries.
Wow, that's a profound point...
Great post.
Thank you!
Yikes. :-o
IMHO, it's all too easy in our society of consumeristic-capitalism to make excuses and attempt to justify this kind of behavior... But in the end, it's just wasteful. I'm all for and about self expression! However, when it begins to come at the cost of sustainability, it becomes an expression of Nihilism and is self-destructive behavior...
Howz about we set our super intelligent minds on the goal of sustainable self-expression? I mean, just look at "dirty" hippies as an example! They are some of the best dressed and self-expressed genre of people, yet they usually spend little to nothing on their apparel and hairstyles... So! It IS possible! :-)
In American society, these things aren't questioned by the average citizen--it's just the way life is, and it's totally accepted and "normal". We present these facts to call for a shift in values and perspective! Thanks for your consideration.
This really disgusts me! When I travel to Latin American countries this is an example of why I am sometimes embarrassed to tell locals where I'm from. Really makes you see how gross and ignorant Americans really are.
Sometimes, I just cut my own hair with a knife...
It's not the safest, I guess, but it's effective and free.
Cheers to self-sufficiency!
Yes the ladies like to spend money on their hair